The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1866 |
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... took part eagerly in dis- putes touching the Nicene theology , the rulers of Wessex and Mercia were still performing savage rites in the temples of Thor and Woden . The continental kingdoms which had risen on the ruins of the Western ...
... took part eagerly in dis- putes touching the Nicene theology , the rulers of Wessex and Mercia were still performing savage rites in the temples of Thor and Woden . The continental kingdoms which had risen on the ruins of the Western ...
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... took place which prostrated both , in common slavery and degradation , at the feet of a third people . The Normans were then the foremost race of Christendom . Their valour and ferocity had made them conspicuous among the rovers whom ...
... took place which prostrated both , in common slavery and degradation , at the feet of a third people . The Normans were then the foremost race of Christendom . Their valour and ferocity had made them conspicuous among the rovers whom ...
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... took the same form . They had institutions derived partly from imperial Rome , partly from papal Rome , partly from the old Germany . All had Kings ; and in all the kingly office became by degrees strictly hereditary . All had nobles ...
... took the same form . They had institutions derived partly from imperial Rome , partly from papal Rome , partly from the old Germany . All had Kings ; and in all the kingly office became by degrees strictly hereditary . All had nobles ...
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... took upon themselves , when Parliament was not sitting , to meet temporary exigencies by temporary edicts . It was , however , impossible for the Tudors to carry oppression be- yond a certain point : for they had no armed force , and ...
... took upon themselves , when Parliament was not sitting , to meet temporary exigencies by temporary edicts . It was , however , impossible for the Tudors to carry oppression be- yond a certain point : for they had no armed force , and ...
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... took a different course . This singular felicity she owed chiefly to her insular situation . Before the end of the fifteenth century great military establishments were indispensable to the dignity , and even to the safety , of the ...
... took a different course . This singular felicity she owed chiefly to her insular situation . Before the end of the fifteenth century great military establishments were indispensable to the dignity , and even to the safety , of the ...
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